ISic001881: Fragment of an inscription

I.Sicily with the permission of the Assessorato Regionale dei Beni Culturali e dell’Identità Siciliana - Dipartimento dei Beni Culturali e dell’Identità Siciliana; photo L. Campagna 2005-03-31

ID: ISic001881
Language: Latin
Text type: unknown
Object type: plaque
Status: No data
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Edition

Apparatus criticus

Text of Manganaro checked against photograph;
1: Manganaro: [----]

Physical description

Support

Description: A fragment of a marble plaque, broken on all sides
Object type: plaque
Material: marble
Condition: fragment
Dimensions: height: 7.5 cm, width: 7 cm, depth: 1.5 cm

Inscription

Layout: No data
Text condition: incomplete
Letter heights: Lines 1-2: 25mm
Interlinear heights: Interlineation line 1 to 2: mm

Provenance

Place of origin: Tauromenium
Provenance found: First recorded by Manganaro in storage at the antiquarium prior to 1964.

Current location

Place: Taormina, Italy
Repository: Antiquarium del Teatro Antico
Autopsy: None
Map

Date

Latin of the imperial period (AD 1 – AD 400)

Evidence: lettering

Text type

unknown

commentary

'B' most obviously resolves as the beginning of b(ene) m(erenti) f(ecit), or similar, with the [---]ris as the end of the name or quality or office of the individual commemorated, but other possibilities exist.

Bibliography

Digital editions

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EDR: -
EDH: -
EDCS: -
PHI: -

Printed editions

Giacomo Manganaro, «Iscrizioni latine e greche dal nuovo edificio termale di Taormina», Cronache di archeologia e di storia dell’arte 3 (1964): 38–68, at 42 no.5c

Citation and editorial status

Editor

Jonathan Prag

Principal contributor

Jonathan Prag

Contributors

Last revision

8/15/2024